The research behind Echo.
Why we measure what we measure, and what we will not claim.
Around three in ten teachers are considering leaving the sector within a year
Nine in ten teachers experience stress at work
Two thirds say the job does not leave enough time for personal life
Workload unacceptable and outside their control
Source: Department for Education (2026), Working lives of teachers and leaders.
Six things we ask about, every month.
Chosen because UK research keeps pointing to them. Three minutes, anonymous, the same six questions every time so a change is a real change.
Your check-in · 3 minutes · anonymous
How manageable has your workload felt this month?
How supported by colleagues and leadership have you felt?
How well has school leadership communicated and led this month?
How much do you feel you belong here?
How much have you grown professionally this month?
How well have you been able to switch off outside of work?
- 1Workload. The most reported reason for thinking about leaving.
- 2Feeling supported. Halves the chance someone considers leaving.
- 3Leadership and voice. Whether people feel heard and trusted.
- 4Belonging and recognition. Half of staff say culture harms wellbeing.
- 5Professional growth. What keeps experienced teachers once pay is met.
- 6Switching off. Whether the job leaves room for a life.
Six questions, drawn from the research on why teachers leave.
The check-in is not a psychometric scale and we do not call it one. It is six short questions, each on something UK research has shown predicts whether teachers stay, asked the same way every month so the trend means something.
Department for Education · Education Support · NFER · Office for National Statistics
Six that never change
The only questions behind your scores, so the trend is real.
Four that rotate
Detail across the year, never longer.
One open
Read the research in full.
Every figure, every instrument, every licence and every reference. Written for governors, trustees and anyone who wants to check.
Download the research documentVersion 2, September 2026
See it on your own data.
A short call, a look at a real plan, and a straight answer on whether it fits.